Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

57 reviews

darienjade's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

ssummar's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Excrement, Car accident, and Alcohol

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

This book was just okay for me.

My favorite parts of this book were the chapters on Lily's backstory as she was easily the most interesting character. I also appreciated that this book had a couple twists and turns I really didn't see coming.

The reason I didn't love this book is because basically all the characters are bad people in one way or another so it's hard to figure out who you're supposed to be rooting for. It gets to a point in which you keep reading, not because you're invested in the characters, but because you just want to know who is going to get away with what.

The book was fine. The writing was good. The characters weren't all stupid. I could see other people enjoying this book a lot more than I did - it just didn't click with me as much as I'd hoped it would.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

toriwatson's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Stalking

biladhaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

anissawren's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Police brutality

lampbee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Very fun read! Lots of twists I didn’t see coming , lots of interesting characterisation of Lily, that just kept getting deeper and deeper - as well as that of Monica. Never knew where it was going, or if I did, I was jerked in a different direction. Ending was 90% perfect, I was wondering how the real Issue would get confronted but I do enjoy how it wrapped up. Very fun read, lots of details about Lily that make you wonder about her as much as anyone in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

I LOVED how multiple times throughout the book Lily’s facial features are remarked on as beautiful but difficult to piece together in a mental image beyond her eyes. I just thought that was a great detail to come from multiple characters. Normally I dislike shifting perspectives but this was excellent. Again I do wish

Lily had to deal with the wells discovery

but that may have been overkill.

daniofthewood's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

stefpntny's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault, Excrement, Stalking, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

lildawnprince's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Stalking